by not much of anything except what their wits could claim from the sea, they have managed to produce a most remarkable society and at the very heart of that society is a streak of practicality that the [...] terrestrial television (DTT). After analogue TV was shut down in the Faroes, a local company launched what is reputedly the world’s first commercially viable DTT system. The company does not boast a staff of [...] dozens. On the contrary, it has but three multi-talented folk. Practical as ever, there is no billing department. Billing is computerized and the sophisti­cated software system developed by local Faroese software

world. If we look at violence, the picture is the same. Natural balance Faroes is one of the very few modern places still in touch with nature. It is still an integrated part of nature to go fishing and [...] here in the North Atlantic, you don’t ask why. So what you might say is that the Faroese are born with the respect of nature and resources that world is asking for today. But this does not make the Faroes [...] remoteness is no longer an obstacle. Modern technology makes knowledge accessible and the small and trustfully society makes a distinct dynamic possible through a unique networking. Together with an extreme

such, to give a brief overview of what kind of entity our country is, and what kind of challenges and possibilities lie ahead. You may be aware that the Faroes as an autonomous country constitute a special [...] sediments thousands of metres below the surface. On this background it is possi­ble to make predictions of what you may find deep down, but one is always taking a risk, and you will not know if you find anything [...] striking about the Faroese economy, seen from an outsider’s view, is that we have an extremely tiny economy in a population of just under 50,000, and a total workforce of 26,000, of which 66% are employed

and an eagerness to talk politics. “It is clear to us, based on Iraq, that President Bush is mentally handicapped,” they told us earnestly as we visited and watched the sun set over the city. It is not [...] anyone who will take us in. Staying with locals is a great opportunity to learn about a culture and find the best restaurants. It also saves money, which is essential for two young unemployed journalists [...] Americans was pleasant and unexpected. It is the only group of people in the world who are able to reconcile Cinton, Bush and Iraq, and still come out loving the U.S. It is Clinton, though, who holds the key

person to shape life as he or she pleases. And coming in as an outsider is no barrier to fitting in and utilizing what the country has to offer. It is made easy by the astonishing openness that the people has [...] American Dream!” In the reality of what is the United States, I have not yet encountered this dream. And I doubt if I really believe in its existence. It’s simply too intangible an idea. To me, though the country [...] become completely demystified. This is not a dream, but real life – and I can’t do anything but love it. Rather than being intimidating, the size of the country is what makes it so full of opportunities

Yet, this is exactly what our welfare project attempts – namely to create an atmosphere in which social, industrial and economic spheres come together in a expanding dialectic synthesis. This is how we will [...] of industry, research, innovation and globalisation, the very foundation is the development of the Faroese welfare society. This is why we for the first time with Vision 2015 have made strategic comprehensive [...] for our welfare in the future. Inclusive and active citizenship In health policy an intensive effort for public health is highly prioritized on the political agenda. We focus on physical activity, nutrition

It is great honour for me to invite two such prominent and distinguished guests welcome to Tórshavn. For us it is a great honour that these two gentlemen have agreed to visit and I sincerely want to thank [...] their very highly informed views. We are looking forward to meeting them and listening to what they have to say. It is a great honour for us that they have set the time aside to stop in our country. We wish [...] Reykjavik. This was a visit, which projected Iceland firmly on to the map of the international world. It is still a fact that when people mention the town of Reykjavik, people say this was the town, which was

you dared to think along quite different lines that we are used to see What I mean is, we are used to the old saying: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. On the other hand I don't agree that if you [...] among your first words you especially stresses: COWARDS! And this is going to be REVENGED. True. I well understand that the first shock after an atrocity of such dimension may make any president overreact BUT [...] mind She said: Now it is you Americans who have become the victims of a terrible crime and you must suffer horrors that we are so used to Now you can feel on your own skin how it is to be in our stead (shoes)

to be governed for centuries, at an agreeable distance, by the more easy-going Danes. Thanks chiefly to this single fact we were able to preserve our language, which is, incidentally, like Icelandic a direct [...] shall, for a couple of hours, be suspended. Swedish generosity Sweden to us in the Faroes is a cousin. And Swedish is, like the other branches of the Scandinavian language-tree, a sister-tongue. Older people [...] Today this treasure is part of the collection of books in our national library. Personally, I have benefited from this donation all my life. Nowadays, our link to Swedish culture is being maintained partly

in the world, bank or otherwise, which is why we did not hesitate to grant our support to the organisers of the visit. At Eik Banki we believe, that this visit is an excellent opportunity for all of us to [...] of how much you can achieve by setting your mind to it, and at the same time it is an opportunity to shed light on what we as a small society have to offer the world. ??At Eik Banki, we are in a process [...] our activites abroad by making investments and setting up subsidiaries. It is a process of strategic riskspreading, but also an opportunity to cross borders, exchange ideas and extend boundaries. A visit